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Lilliana's Newbie Plan - Opinions?

So I've got 4.2u working. (Yay). While I'm still a bit hesitant about hacking my wii (I dunno why since I download games all the time but feel guilty about this, huh...), I'm a bit hesitant about downloading games en masse. I've got about half a dozen I'm content with and wondering how effective the "Rip a copy" backup is. I'm thinking I'd feel safer using a Wii Rental place (Like Gamefly) and just personally ripping all my games.

Is it a valid plan to take my wii offline (Do i need to with a softmod? Outside of the risk of system updates, can it brick my wii or do I still have online play fine?) and just rip games in my future, or is there something I'm not considering?

No online play is fine with back up games, unlik microsoft ninty cannot tell if you are using back ups or a modded wii.
If you are not confident using torrents why not go for share files like megaupload etc.

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You can rent and do it your way (please be mindful you are describing what is piracy, no matter the fashion you cut it) to be assured NTSC/in region. Of course, this can be established via WBFS utility on the PC side of things as well -- but that's a different conversation.

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You can rent and do it your way (please be mindful you are describing what is piracy, no matter the fashion you cut it) to be assured NTSC/in region. Of course, this can be established via WBFS utility on the PC side of things as well -- but that's a different conversation.

Realistically isn't it piracy to download the rom's too? I'm not sure I see a difference Just the way I'm considering leaves no chance of viruses and such being added, no?

Originally Posted by Daedie

If you restrict yourself to downloading only proper scene releases, then there's really nothing to worry about.

Realistically isn't it piracy to download the rom's too? I'm not sure I see a difference Just the way I'm considering leaves no chance of viruses and such being added, no?

Proper Scene Releases? Please explain

There are really 2 kind of iso's to be found on the internet.

1 is the random rip that some guy uploaded, which has higher risk of being faulty or completely random junk.

A scene release is an iso that's released by certain groups of hackers that are acknowledged for making these kind of releases. There are websites that list all scene releases with all the necessary info (including the release group, the exact filesize, ...). In case games aren't straightforwardly rippable (require a hack or crack of some sorts), these guys will be taking care of that prior to releasing the iso.

a scene released file is usually recognized by being called something along the line of "bla.bla.wii-releasegroup". Obviously names can be faked, but than you can still look up the filesize for a double check.

Usually a source of iso will come with some sort of commenting system, like torrents, these comments are also an easy and quick way to determine if the file is a fake. If the file is junk someone is bound to comment about it .